---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the selection of public members to serve on a county's salary grievance committee."
description: "Relating to the selection of public members to serve on a county's salary grievance committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 840"
citation: "Texas HB 840 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES (S0121)", "Salaries & Expenses (I0745)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Moody"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-12-15"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c484b1a-8347-4216-bc09-30e8638018bd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 840.xml"
source_hash: "9ebdf1e2529c6a080dd8b3e591d7f1249f2c20d9fc456880196a1993e71445b8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 840 (87) — Relating to the selection of public members to serve on a county's salary grievance committee.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00840I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00840E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00840H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00840S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00840F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-12-15** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-29** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-29** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-03** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-18** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c484b1a-8347-4216-bc09-30e8638018bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).